Sentence examples for is unable to assert from inspiring English sources

In Syria on Thursday, opposition activists reported that government forces supported by tanks raided a suburb of Damascus in what appeared to be part of a widening military campaign in neighborhoods where the rebels are strong and the government is unable to assert full control.

While Mr Kissinger is certain that increased American aid would have staved off the South Vietnamese collapse during 1975, he is unable to assert or to find any intelligence estimate suggesting that, with any level of American aid short of combat involvement, the south could have ultimately prevailed.

We thus end up with countries like Somalia and the Central African Republic where the government is unable to assert control or order within the territory, yet the outside world pretends that the state is still functioning.

"But they are unable to assert those defenses because they don't have a lawyer".

The letter is addressed to "My Dear Lord", although historians have been unable to assert who the intended recipient was.

Whereas in Denmark and Sweden national councils took over the government, in Norway the council was unable to assert itself.

Essentially unwilling to force the privileged notables to yield their corporate rights, the crown was unable to assert any coherent policy.

But if they are unable to assert themselves early, the Giants will allow the Vikings to regain their emotional compass at home, where they are most dangerous.

Theoretically the diamond fields were then taken over by the state-owned Zimbabwe Mining Development Corporation but the illegal diggers moved in so fast it was unable to assert control.

When England are unable to assert themselves up front they become skewered on their own inadequacies, primarily because of a lack of pace in several key areas.

"Making sure that we would be unable to assert these patents to defend Android - and having us pay for the privilege - must have seemed like an ingenious strategy to them.